MP urged former academic who ran for Liberal National party to speak in favour of secession,leaked emails showLeaked emails expose George Christensen asked an economist with links to the Liberal National party to support his call for a separate north Queensland state after the proposal was savaged by a professor he described as “an absolute leftie economist”.
Christensen, the federal MP for Dawson, and suggested Colin Dwyer enter the media fray after John Quiggin from the University of Queensland questioned the viability of a northern secession in a media report last Wednesday.
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Source: theguardian.com